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  2. 1966 Dayton race riot - Wikipedia

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    Segregation remained a significant issue in Dayton. [5] In 2002, the city's school district was the last in Ohio to be released from a federal desegregation order, though many of the schools are still highly segregated. [ 9 ]

  3. List of Jim Crow law examples by state - Wikipedia

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    Segregation of public facilities was barred in 1884, and the earlier miscegenation and school segregation laws were overturned in 1887. In 1953, the state enacted a law requiring that race be considered in adoption decisions which was supplanted in 1996 by Ohio's implementation of the federal multiethnic placement act (MEPA), by an ...

  4. Racism in Columbus, Ohio - Wikipedia

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    The 1936 redlining map of the city (interactive version) Columbus, Ohio was established with a significant white population. The Civil War prompted the move of black families from the South to northern cities, including Columbus. These families became relatively integrated into Columbus's population.

  5. List of freedmen's towns - Wikipedia

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    In Oklahoma before the end of segregation there existed dozens of these communities as many African-American migrants from the Southeast found a space whereby they could establish municipalities on their own terms. [4]

  6. Racial segregation in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Ohio, like most of the North and West, did not have de jure statutory enforced segregation (Jim Crow laws), but many places still had de facto social segregation in the early 20th century. Together with state sponsored segregation, such private owner enforced segregation was outlawed for public accommodations in the 1960s.

  7. Chicago artist tackles urban segregation - AOL

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    This is a house on Chicago's South Side in a predominantly Black neighborhood. This is a house at the same address on Chicago's North Side in a predominantly white neighborhood. The photos are ...

  8. Fear, awe and Tecumseh: What was life like in Ohio ... - AOL

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    On the Ohio frontier, others were at work when the eclipse took place. Truman Gilbert Sr., who had recently moved from Connecticut with his wife and eight children, was building a house in Portage ...

  9. Congress Lands - Wikipedia

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    There being no east ranges or south townships, plats are designated “Township X of Range Y of Ohio River Survey” with no need for north or west designations. Surveys on the Ohio River Base also consist of the Ohio Company and the Seven Ranges. The Seven Ranges were sold in the same manner, and could be considered Congress Lands, but get a ...